Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway criticized the Democratic Party and its leadership for being "reduced to" acting as obstructionists against Donald Trump.

"They're not there representing the opposition party. They're there as the leaders of Congress," she said of Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) being absent from a bipartisan White House meeting.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff of California said that "people have suffered enough" because of President Trump and that a real leader would re-open the part of the government that has been shuttered since December.